#48D0DD#48D0DD

#48D0DD is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.517; OKLCH L 79.0% C 0.116 H 204.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48D0DD
RGB	rgb(72, 208, 221)
HSL	hsl(185, 69%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(185, 67%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.4%, 5.9%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.10, -32.09, -17.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.10, 36.39, 208.14°)
OKLab	oklab(79.03% -0.1057 -0.0476)
OKLCH	oklch(79.03% 0.116 204.3)
XYZ	xyz(38.2738, 51.7056, 76.3556)
Luminance	0.5171 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48D0DD #DD5548

analogous

#48DDA0 #48D0DD #4885DD

triadic

#48D0DD #DD48D0 #D0DD48

tetradic

#48D0DD #A048DD #DD5548 #85DD48

square

#48D0DD #A048DD #DD5548 #85DD48

split-complementary

#48D0DD #DD4885 #DDA048

monochromatic

#1B8690 #24B6C3 #48D0DD #7CDDE7 #AFEBF0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.85

#48D0DD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.34

#48D0DD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48D0DD

11.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48D0DD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48D0DD	1.00	1.85	11.34	11.34
#FFFFFF	1.85	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.34	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.34	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C0C8DE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AAB8DE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D8D4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48d0dd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 208, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.0% 0.116 204.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8edee7',
    500: '#48d0dd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48d0dd;
$custom-light: #8edee7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48d0dd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 208,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 185.235,
    "s": 68.664,
    "l": 57.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79033,
    "c": 0.11593,
    "h": 204.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.5171
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48D0DD

secondary

#953D34

accent

#4C3CEC

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFC

border

#CFD5D5

text

#0E1516

muted

#7F8484

Preview Lab

Preview with #48D0DD

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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